AMERICANS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL COMMEMORATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON TODAY/ THE MILESTONE WAS MARKED AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY THAT DREW PRESIDENTS AND PIONEERS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. ACTION NEWS REPORTER NIKOLE KILLION HAS MORE FROM OUR HEARST WASHINGTON BUREAU.### REPORTER LEDE: DAN, ERIN, Today history was made just as it was 50 years ago ... 301 -bell ringing AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL...BELLS TOLLED AT THE MOMENT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CONCLUDED HIS HISTORIC "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH 50 YEARS AGO TODAY. A TRIBUTE TO HIS CALL TO "LET FREEDOM RING"... 300 we are gonna let freedom ring all across this nation -or- Let freedom ring IT MARKED A DAY OF COMMEMORATION FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON. nat pop - rain Wild: RAIN DIDN'T DAMPEN SPIRITS AS THE HISTORIC OCCASION DREW THREE PRESIDENTS -- Obama:317 MLK - they did nt die in vein... Clinton: 234 this march and that speech changed America Carter: 228 he made our nation stronger because he made it better CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS -- A FREEDOM FIGHTER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT -- WAS THE ONLY SURVIVING SPEAKER FROM THE ORIGINAL MARCH. 214 It's been a long time coming but change has come! DR. KING'S LEGACY REMEMBERED IN SPEECHES ... 209 how will the dream live on in me you and all of us AND THROUGH SONG ... 302 - Jesus is love A CELEBRATION OF A MAN... AND HIS DREAM THAT'S STILL BECOMING REALITY... MLK3: 242 thank America for realizing dream even though we have a ways to go? -or- 244 We've got a lot of work to do but none of us should be any ways tired,". "Why? Because we've come much too far from where we started." ### SOME CENTRAL COAST STUDENTS WATCHED TODAY'S COMMEMORATION FROM IN WASHINGTON D-C INSIDE THEIR CLASSROOM. THE FOURTH- GRADERS IN MARTHA HENRY'S CLASS AT ORD TERRACE ELEMENTARY IN SEASIDE STUDIED MARTIN LUTHER KING ALL WEEK AND EVEN WATCH WATCHED HIS 19-63 SPEECH. ISABEL GARCIA/fourth grade 9:53-10:02: "it was really nice all people together watching his speech." ruben avalos/fourth grade 7:42- 7:53: "he's important because he made it possible for us being in the same class even if we're different colors." ### ####

Blazes raging in forests and woodlands across California have taken the life of a firefighter and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes as crews continue to battle the flames from the air and the ground.